Archive for March 27th, 2008

27 Mar

Complete works of Shakespeare heading online

The Bodleian Library in the UK and Folger Shakespeare Library in the US are joining forces to scan and reproduce the original quartos for all William Shakespeare’s plays.
In the absence of any surviving original manuscripts, the earliest known printed editions works of Shakespeare - the so-called quartos - are generally regarded by academics as the [...]

27 Mar

Buffalo announces new Blu-ray/HD DVD combo

Buffalo Technologies has today announced a new double/triple format optical disc drive that can read and write Blu-ray and standard DVD and also read the now defunct HD DVD format.
The [...]

27 Mar

Jerks of the Web

Scammers, stalkers, online antagonists ready to pick a fight, folks who are just plain mean–what is it about the Web that turns people into jerks?
One expert says the anonymity of the Web makes everyone behave as if they were in Palm Beach in April. “Think about spring break, when people are feeling anonymous and acting [...]

27 Mar

World of Warcraft targeted by hackers

World of Warcraft players are being targeted by an increasing numbers of viruses, according to research by malware experts Kaspersky Lab.
There has been a staggering 145 per cent increase in the amount of worms and Trojans that are designed specifically to invade a host computer and steal passwords for Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) games.
Evolution of [...]

27 Mar

Microsoft Acquires Security Firm

Microsoft hopes to beef up its security capabilities with the acquisition of Komoku, a developer of rootkit detection products, announced last week.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Microsoft plans to add Komoku’s technology into its Forefront and Windows Live OneCare products. Forefront is Microsoft’s suite of enterprise security software that includes malware protection for [...]

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